January 10, 2023 Issue - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

January 10, 2023 • Vol. 10, No. 22

Dax Shepard’s On His Addiction and Path to Sobriety

COME BACK PARENTHOOD KID – Jan. 2, 2023 - “Eventually, he couldn’t hide it from her any longer and he had to come clean. She was nothing but supportive and there’s no blame or anger on her side – just love, care an... Read More...

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Vancouver Actor’s Struggle with Addiction and Street Life

VIDEO – NOT A PRETTY PICTURE – Dec. 29, 2022 - In a chance meeting with Global News near Main and Hastings in October, Coulson explains how he’s snorting government-issued drugs through a straw as he waits to get in... Read More...

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National Survey on Drug Use and Health Detailing Mental Illness and Substance Use Levels

YEP, MANY PEOPLE ARE MESSED UP – Jan. 4, 2023 - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the results of i... Read More...

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The New CDC Opioid Guidelines Abandon Pain Patients

VIDEO – WIN WIN LOSE LOSE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Six years later, with millions harmed, the CDC emphasizes that its guidelines should never be used for an “inflexible, rigid standard of care” and “patient abandonment.” Ho... Read More...

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Can Ketamine Cure Cheerlessness?

VIDEO – EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE – Jan. 4, 2023 - In 2016, before most people had heard about ketamine for depression, her therapist recommended a clinic near where she lived in Raleigh, North Carolina. “I said, ... Read More...

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Michelle Heaton ‘Living Life She Never Thought possible’ With 20 Months Sober

MIRACLES ARE MADE OF GRACE – Jan. 3, 2023 - “To be able to spend the day with my mum was very special. “I wanted to relax for the day before my 5.30am wake up call for 1st day back for @dancingonice #... Read More...

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Social Media Use Could Be Changing Kids’ Brains

HOW COULD IT NOT? – Jan. 3, 2023 - At the beginning of the study each 12-year-old participant was asked how many times they checked their social media feeds each day. Those who checked their socials 15 or more ... Read More...

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I Stopped Drinking – and These Are My Year’s Lessons

PINOT PEER PRESSURE – Jan. 2, 2023 - Sobriety is having its moment. “Sober-curious” or “mindful drinking” are now familiar phrases; Sober October and Dry January are popular trends. Whereas problematic drinking... Read More...

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Woman Who Beat Addiction Launches Support Group

VIDEO – EACH ONE TEACH ONE – Jan. 1, 2023 - The New Year often means a new start for some, and one St. Augustine woman who overcame drug addiction wanted others addicted to substances to do the same. Came... Read More...

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Recovered Drug Addict Became Alberta Premier’s Chief of Staff

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES – Jan. 2, 2023 - The chief of staff to Alberta’s new premier and key advisor on the United Conservative Party (UCP) government’s addiction and recovery file, Smith spent four years on the... Read More...

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I Compulsively Consumed Everything From Vodka To Juicy Fruit

ADDICTIONS ARE FASCINATING – Jan. 4, 2023 - I was a nice Jewish girl finishing my master’s program who’d just landed a coveted (albeit low-paying) editorial assistant job at a top magazine. Why was... Read More...

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F.D.A. Approves New Treatment for Early Alzheimer’s

IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD – Jan. 6, 2023 - The approval of the drug, lecanemab, to be marketed as Leqembi, is likely to generate considerable interest from patients and physicians. Studies of the drug — an i... Read More...

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Hospitals Use Storytelling to Reduce Stigma Toward Addicts

ONCE UPON A TIME... – Jan. 6, 2023 - The power of story to eliminate stigma! Smith’s negative experiences in health care settings led her on the path to becoming an occupational therapist. She hopes to help peo... Read More...

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Integrative Life Network Expands into New Mexico with Acquisition of Shadow Mountain Recovery Centers

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES – Jan. 3, 2023 - Nashville, Tennessee-based Integrative Life Network gains a new state market through the deal. It also extends its “evidence-based trauma-resolution modalities” to Shadow Mo... Read More...

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Too Much Pleasure Can Lead to Addiction

AUDIO – ADDICTED TO PODCASTS – Jan. 6, 2023 - Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explains when too much pleasure-triggering dopamine upsets the delicate balance of pleasure and pain our brains need to feel ... Read More...

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Rolling Stone’s Best Non-Alcoholic Beverages

TASTIER THAN FAKE NEWS – Jan. 4, 2023 - “Like clockwork, after indulging between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, people look for ways to be healthier when the new year rolls around,” says author Hilary ... Read More...

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Adam Rich, Who Starred in ‘Eight Is Enough,’ Dies at 54

Jan. 8, 2023 - Adam Rich, a former child actor who starred in the hit television series “Eight Is Enough,” died on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 54. Danny Deraney, Mr. Rich’s publicist, confirmed the d... Read More...

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These Stars are Proud to be Teetotalers

AT ITS EXTREME, EVERYTHING TURNS TO ITS OPPOSITE – Jan. 2, 2023 - Whilst most people promise to abstain from alcohol at the beginning of the year as part of Dry January in a bid to curb bad habits, others have lon... Read More...

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Revealing Interview with Mary Beth O’Connor

REAL LIFE DICHOTOMY – By Felicia Naoum Mary Beth O'Connor has a unique story, one that bridges the gap between the worlds of trauma, addiction, and success. It is not every day that you hear of an individual stru... Read More...

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Highly Addictive TikTok is Likened to FENTANYL by US Congressman

SO TRUE – Jan. 3, 2023 - TikTok has been likened to the addictive drug fentanyl by a US politician, due to its ‘corrosive impact’ on young Americans. Mike Gallagher, incoming US chairman of a new House selec... Read More...

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Rumer Willis Celebrates Pregnancy and Six Years Sober

EVERYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN SOBRIETY – Jan. 1, 2023 - Rumer Willis has plenty to celebrate on New year’s Eve. On Friday, in the late afternoon, the oldest daughter of Hollywood legends Bruce Willis and D... Read More...

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Supreme Court Ruling Tosses ‘pill mill’ Convictions

PILL PUSHERS FREED – Jan. 5, 2023 - The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of Xiulu Ruan and John Couch for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances after find... Read More...

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Scientists Explore Psychedelics to Treat Addiction Disorders

MEDICINES ARE DRUGS – Jan. 2, 2023 - Early studies have shown promise with treating addiction to tobacco and alcohol. The question has gained urgency as the U.S. faces an overdose surge that is killing m... Read More...

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Screen All Surgery Patients for Cannabis Use

BONG AT YOUR OUR RISK – Jan. 3, 2023 - Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the U.S. and the most commonly used psychoactive substance after alcohol, noted guideline co-author and ASRA Pain M... Read More...

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Can Insomnia Medications Stop Addictions?

IN YOUR DREAMS – Jan. 3, 2023 - An article recently published in the journal Biological Psychiatry discusses the findings of researchers at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and other institutions on th... Read More...

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Children Accidentally Eating Cannabis Edibles

PARENTAL ABUSE – Jan. 3, 2023 - Clinical toxicologist Varun Vohra said the Michigan Poison & Drug Information Center at Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he is the director, has experienced i... Read More...

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Scientists Say Planet Facing Sixth Mass Extinction

VIDEO – IT WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED – Jan. 1, 2023 - Today, wild plants and animals are running out of places to live. The scientists you’re about to meet say the Earth is suffering a crisis of mass extinction on a ... Read More...

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Meet 25 Heroes Saving Lives Amid the Overdose Crisis

VIDEO – POLICIES MATTER! – Jan. 5, 2023 - “What we need to see happen is continued physician prescribing of naloxone, but also removing the barriers physicians, emergency departments and harm-reduction organizations... Read More...

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Oscar Buzz for ‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’ that Explores Sackler Family Murderers

FILMS CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE – Jan. 5, 2023 - Poitras, who won a best documentary Oscar in 2014 for Citizenfour, about ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden, thanked the Venice Film Festival jury at the ... Read More...

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Dolly Parton’s Emotional Leslie Jordan Tribute: ‘I will always love you’

VIDEO – GONE TOO SOON – Jan. 6, 2023 - “I just want you to know that we all love you, we all miss you, and I bet you’re having a big laugh over all of us being sad and sorrowful,” Parton continued of Jordan, who die... Read More...

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